Nine years after Frank Gehry was hired to redesign the Philadelphia Art Museum the renowned architect made a radical proposal to alter the building's iconic Rocky steps .

Among his plans to renovate nearly 90,000 square feet of space inside the museum, which were revealed in 2014, Gehry wanted to remove a portion of the East Terrace steps, about halfway up, and install a 24-foot window. That structure would have become the east-facing wall of an new gallery and provided a view the Philadelphia skyline for the visitors who perused the space. MORE: Philadelphia Art Museum to explore the appeal and impact of monuments in new exhibit on the Rocky statue

Gehry, who died Friday at 96, said the initial idea came from board member Mark Rubenstein, and it was just one of many options for

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